Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 During a normal night 's sleep we cycle between these two main states , generally getting through about four cycles as the night passes .
2 ‘ I used to think sometimes that if I did n't have a proper night 's sleep I 'd never be able to work again .
3 We are starting with the press that the need for a National Airport 's policy I can not think of a number , a major or even a concentrate all these airfields and resources in one region .
4 But many adult learners also hold down a full-time job , and in the middle of a hard week 's work they are likely to be tired .
5 What happens on a cold winter 's evening you stand in front of the fire .
6 It was a cast-off fireman 's jacket he was wearing .
7 If it 's a comfortable evening 's entertainment you 're after , stay at home with the video .
8 After a good day 's fishing he persuaded me to spend the night at Fullcircle .
9 They are , however , subsidized to some extent , and although the Remploy workers do a full day 's work they do not have quite such demands made on them as they would encounter in open employment .
10 During a hot summer 's day you would n't be able to move for frazzled tourists but when the weather is miserable it 's a different story .
11 Erm well my father was a like a on a far a small farmer 's son you see .
12 The following morning he told me what a wonderful night 's sleep it had given him and was fulsome in his praise of what he called his ‘ beautiful lady ’ .
13 All the rest depend on this being present , for if a procedure is not appropriate to a particular patient 's condition it can not be judged quality care ( Shaw undated ) .
14 There is a vacant night-porter 's job we might be able to fill on a temporary basis .
15 ‘ The simplest explanation would be that by pinching a whole day 's deaths you help conceal an interest in just one of them .
16 The joy of a sorrowing mother 's heart he is — her one and only White Rose ! ’
17 Jeans cut off thigh-high to make shorts and a T-shirt he had made out of an old man 's vest he had bought for 20p in a sale under the arches at Charing Cross Station and dyed green and yellow .
18 Cos if you 're thinking the way they carry the baby it 's an old woman 's tale I think , I never used to think
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